Ok, it is a definition question which is street photography and which is potrait photography. The most important thing is how the viewer feels the message of the picture. I like my own crop, thats inaf to me. Feeling is very personal, though
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Personally, I wouldn’t crop the image. As a viewer, I enjoy allowing my gaze to wander and discover what is in the photo.
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PhotoFlow Near-linear no-clip float.
gmic Filter pixels, 6 curves, afre_cleantext, multiply, rolling guidance, chroma, sharpen, resize.
Enjoy!
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I did! Nice colors and clarity.
But what are those dark blotches? (on the purple man right hand, on the woman’s arm…)
It was meant to look cartoony and gritty at the same time. I used a filter that is meant to clean scanned text, and the default settings at that. If I adjusted the values, I could probably get rid of those textures.
Here is my attempt at the colour version. To tone down the skin tones of the boy on the right and the woman’s arm on the left, I used two monochrome modules with graduated masks! Having fun with darktable.
One issue I am facing is that the xmp file is not getting generated for each image. I think that filename.cr2.xmp file is the only one that is getting updated. Any idea why is that? I hope that I am uploading the correct xmp file.
_MG_4993.CR2.xmp (12.8 KB)
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Nice!
Since the goal was to bring a surrealistic look, I don’t see the point in removing them. Besides, they’re only really noticeable when zooming in.
Hence, the zoom and enjoy statement. 
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Well, the xmp you’ve uploaded corresponds to the the posted image. Btw, very nice edit!
Didn’t understand. Do you mean duplicates? I have a bunch of duplicates for this image and each one has its own xmp file:
Very interesting image to play with. Thanks @gadolf!
I have to go to the dentist tomorrow, so it seemed like a good time to have a bit of a dark mood and emphasize the guy with the pained expression walking past the dentist sign.
_MG_4993.CR2.xmp (5.9 KB)
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Exactly. I do not get separate xmp files for different versions. I think that this has started after I got the latest version from the link provided by @r3cov3r .
Strange… I did a quick test on a raw I hadn’t still edited: enabled sharpen, then duplicated, then on the duplicate, disabled sharpen and enabled grain. I got two xmp files as expected.
I am on windows 10. I just now tried to export a raw file after two different processing and I get different jpg’s with different file names but only one xmp file. Which is named as filename.dng.xmp. There is no .jpg.xmp
ADDED: BTW I have checked the box for Write sidecar files for each image (in the core options panel of the settings)
An oblong spot on the central subject affecting lightness, contrast, and an inverse blur. TMAX 100 sim, vignette. RawTherapee-Local Adjustments newlocallab branch.
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lol… I should have named the post as Going to the Dentist, or, After the Dentist.
Good luck!
This was actually quite fun and challenging. Just learning and never did black and white before.
My goal was to emphasize the main individual in the photo so that hopefully the eye goes right to him first. I think I got it but was really hard due to the harsh lighting coming in from the right of the photo.
The eye really likes to go right for the individual moving the packages. Using masks I emphasized the main subjects face a little and with another mask tried to tone down the package man without making the lighting feel fake.
Also added a little touch of B&W color grade to try and get a slightly more vintage look.
Hope you enjoy. Thanks for the awesome photo @gadolf
darktable 2.6.2: _MG_4993.CR2.xmp (8.0 KB)
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Thanks, @blj, nice edit.
Yes, the guy with the packages is an issue if I want to turn the walking man the main subject - which I do.
That’s why I cropped the way I did in my first post, where he was placed a bit more to the right hand third of the image - not enough, though. @yteaot crop seems to solve it by placing him to left - but the package man is also there, also as much important as the walking man.
In summary, a bad framing at start 
@gadolf Thanks for the nice feedback. I agree the framing is a bit rough but considering the setting I just don’t think it was avoidable. In a ideal world you could wait for the package man to move but in the real world by the time that happens the walking man is gone 
only way I could think of fixing it would be using a lens that could blur the focus of the package man. Not sure if something that shallow exists tho. Either way I like this photo it gives me that journalistic photo vibe like we are following the life of the walking man.
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